An
optional examination is organized at the end of the school and formal
certificates of proficiency are delivered by CERN in case of success.
This may be used by some students also engaged in university curricula
for obtaining credits.

Please note the following regarding
confidentiality of the results.

CERN builds up over years the list of
participants having obtained the CSC Diploma (i.e. successfully passed the CSC examination
and attended the entire scientific programme).

Therefore, the list of successful
candidates will become public information.

By registering you accept that:

Your name, your rank and your individual mark
be published by CERN on the web or via other means, in the
case you are one of the best students having succeeded in
the examination, together with the personal picture and
biographical information you provided at the time you registered
to the school.
The number of best students being publicly distinguished will be
decided by the examination jury.

Your name be published by CERN on the web or via other
means, in the case you succeed in the examination,
together with the personal picture and biographical information
you provided at the time you registered to the school.

Specific Instructions
to be posted later

Diploma

The participants who
succeed in the examination and have attuned the entire scientific
programme will receive the CERN School of
Computing Diploma

Registration

You must register for the
Examination through the
Electronic Registration Form.

For
the examination only, you will get, when registering, two
information you should remember:

Your Group Number (1st group
or 2nd group)

Your machine number were you
will have to sit (CSCnn)

Remember that brain has some kind of fuzzy logic when memorizing
sequences like these, so please write it
down

Form of the Examination

The examination is computer-based, in the form of
multiple-choice
questions.

Each question has 4 proposed choices,
only one being valid.

Practical
Organization

The examination is organized in two rounds,
with half of the registered candidates each time.

Group 1: 16:30 - 17:15

Group 2: 17:30 - 18:45

Examination
rules:

Strictly Individual

No document, No Internet, No
home directory, No electronic devices…

No communication between students

Examination results

The examination committee will analyze the results, and decide upon
the pass / no-pass threshold.

The results of the examination will be
available in the evening of the examination day.

Name of those who successfully
passed will be disclosed on the web

Names of those who failed will
not be disclosed

Individual marks will not be
disclosed, except the best marks

Individual marks may be requested
directly by email to the Examination Officer,
Ivica Puljak, after the closing ceremony

Marks

In case you give a wrong answer to
a question, THERE IS NO NEGATIVE POINT

Your total mark is simply the
number of questions to which you provided a correct answer

UK Credits

In addition to the registering to the CSC Examination, you
may also register to obtain UK credits
delivered by Brunel University. To obtain such credits, you
must:

Register to the CSC examination and
successfully pass

Register specifically as a student to Brunel
University (details to be provided)

Succeed in one additional practical
examination part (organized a part of a
practical session)

As a result, not all students passing successfully the CSC
examination may take the UK credits: to obtain them they must
have registered specially and passed successfully the additional
practical part.